Wednesday, 12 February 2014

Corrupt Nigerians Accuse Me of Not Fighting Corruption - Jonathan

President
Goodluck Jonathan on Wednesday alleged that corrupt Nigerians are the
ones who openly accuse him of not fighting corruption.

Making a veiled reference to the Speaker of the House of
Representatives, Aminu Tambuwal, who recently claimed that his body
language encourages corruption, Jonathan said his critics make such
statements to claim credibility.
The President spoke shortly after swearing in the chairman and
members of the National Population Commission; a member of the
Independent Corrupt Practices and other Related Offences Commission and
two special advisers at the Presidential Villa, Abuja.

He said the only sure way of becoming an instant angel was to go public and attack his government.
Jonathan said, “Anybody who wants to claim an element of credibility
will go to the television and accuse government of corruption, that the
President’s body language shows that he is not fighting corruption or
that he is not ready to fight corruption.
“Sometimes, even the very corrupt people are those making these
statements because if you attack government, you are insulated, you
become an angel.
“If you want to be an angel, just attack the government, whatever you have done is covered.”